BOONE — Starting Memorial Day weekend, area swimmers, paddlers, anglers and others who enjoy spending time playing in our local rivers and streams can access up-to-date water quality results for more than 85 popular recreation areas throughout Western North Carolina, Northeastern Tennessee a…
TAYLORSVILLE — Former Mountain Times managing editor and Jefferson Post editor Jim Thompson was killed in a car crash in Taylorsville on Sunda…
BOONE — Emergency Fest returned to Boone with local emergency services and partner organizations teaching community members life saving skills…
BOONE — Watauga High School seniors prepared for graduation with a capping and award ceremony to celebrate their individual and collective acc…
BOONE — Local music legends the King Bees will lead a pair of free Thursday evening Blues Jams at the Jones House to help usher in the unoffic…
BOONE — Yolanda Adams, the family resource coordinator for Watauga County Schools was appointed to the Task Force to Develop a Representative …
Editor’s note: This article features news and photos from past editions of the Watauga Democrat.
ELK PARK – Local attraction Elk River Falls claimed another drowning victim on Friday, May 20.
WATAUGA — Watauga County School officials are seeing a rise in COVID-19 cases as the school year winds down.
BOONE — The High Country Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America will host the annual Memorial Day Ceremony on May 30 at the B…
RALEIGH — The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, N.C. Highway Patrol and Mothers Against Drunk Driving will kick off the annual “On the Road,…
RALEIGH — Fasten your seatbelts — summer’s heating up, and so is the statewide Memorial Day …
High Country Area Agency on Aging has an opportunity for caregivers who provide unpaid care …
RALEIGH — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is advising people to n…
BEECH MOUNTAIN – The town of Beech Mountain held its regularly scheduled town council meetin…
The following information is courtesy of the Boone Police Department. All suspects are consi…
